Rosa Barba Reveals the Secret Lives of Artworks
Rosa Barba, an Italian artist who studied theater and film in Germany in the early 1990s, uses analog film to examine the mechanisms of perception and memory and to explore—often by shooting in…
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The Istanbul Biennial Ignored the City’s Specific Social Issues in Favor of General Ecological Themes
Five weeks before the Istanbul Biennial's opening in mid-September, its organizer, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, and curator Nicolas Bourriaud changed the exhibition's main venue from…
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Maria Andersson and Nancy Atakan Unearthed a Historical Agenda to Modernize Turkey—through Gymnastics
Swedish artist Maria Andersson and Istanbul-based American artist Nancy Atakan explored the life and legacy of Turkish educator Selim Sırrı Tarcan.
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Mike Nelson’s Time-Traveling Installation Explores Istanbul’s History
Mike Nelson, a British artist twice shortlisted for the Turner Prize, is best known for labyrinthine installations that simultaneously engage with and transform their architectural surroundings.
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Selfies on the Battlefield: Köken Ergun Explores the Gallipoli Tourist Industry
In his new film Heroes (2019), scholar and video artist Köken Ergun considers how the World War I Battle of Gallipoli still figures in the national identities of Turkey, Australia, and New Zealand…
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Semiha Berksoy
Semiha Berksoy (1910–2004) was a maverick of Turkish culture: a leading soprano since the beginnings of Turkish opera in the early 1930s; the star of Turkey's first sound film; and an original artist…
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Naeem Mohaiemen
Naeem Mohaiemen, a filmmaker and writer of Bangladeshi extraction, was born in London in 1969, graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio, and is currently a PhD candidate in anthropology at Columbia…
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The Distance Artist: Orhan Pamuk’s Photography
Balkon's distance from Istanbul, one of the world's most vibrant cities, reduces the cosmopolis to moving vessels and shifts in its weather.
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